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Petition · past parliament

Have tighter checks on accepting migrants to the UK claiming to be children

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Over the past few days the news has been filled with stories about how child migrants are coming to the UK from Calais... however many of these migrants in no way resemble a child and we seem to be just letting them in anyway, and our government don't really seem to care

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Verify that all child refugees accepted into the UK are genuinely under 18.

Timeline

19 Oct 2016 Petition opened for signatures
21 Oct 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Oct 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.